#BC8740#BC8740

#BC8740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.109 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC8740
RGB	rgb(188, 135, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, 13.05, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 47.05, 73.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% 0.034 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.109 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3304, 28.3919, 8.7322)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC8740 #4075BC

analogous

#BC4940 #BC8740 #B3BC40

triadic

#BC8740 #40BC87 #8740BC

tetradic

#BC8740 #40BC49 #4075BC #BC40B3

square

#BC8740 #40BC49 #4075BC #BC40B3

split-complementary

#BC8740 #40B3BC #4940BC

monochromatic

#614521 #8E6630 #BC8740 #CDA46C #DDC09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC8740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BC8740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC8740

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC8740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC8740	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC7A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc8740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 135, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.109 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4a978',
    500: '#bc8740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc8740;
$custom-light: #d4a978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc8740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.355,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66206,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC8740

secondary

#8FA8C9

accent

#8AD94F

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC8740

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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